GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |